Richard Melson
August, 2004
Neo-Con Zionists and Lebanon
The main neo-con Zionist pressure group in the case of Lebanon is the United States Committee for a free Lebanon.
The basic neo-con Zionist idea here is to engineer conflict with Syria and have America dismantle Hizbollah for Israel. The grouping wants a Maronite-ruled Lebanon, implementing Sharon’s 1982 Lebanon invasion strategy..
This will also help bring about a global civil war of "Isra-America" against Arabs and Muslims" which is what the neo-con/Zionist grouping desires since "worse is better" and "war is peace".
The Committee describes itself as:
"Who We Are:The United States Committee for a Free Lebanon ("USCFL") is a non-profit, non-sectarian think tank, founded in 1997 by prominent New York based investment banker and financier Ziad K. Abdelnour, along with 56 other Lebanese American activists, to educate the American public as to Lebanon's strategic and moral significance as an ally of the United States and an outpost of Western values in the Middle East."
The reader will see the usual neo-con Zionist names in their inner circle:
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Core Activists & Supporters
Ziad K. Abdelnour
Elliot Abrams ***
Salo Aizenberg
Nadim Akda
Eleana Benador
Joseph Boohaker
Samir Bustany
Thomas Patrick Carroll
John Castle
David Chazen
Angelo Codevilla
Alain Gabriel Courtines
Chris Culp
Paula Dobriansky ***
Alan Dowty
Leon Edney
Rachel Ehrenfeld
Michael Eisenstadt
Nabil El Hage
Joseph Hakim
Rep. Eliot Engel
David Epperly
Philip Epstein
Joseph Fadoul
Joseph Farah
Amir Ali Farman Farma
Gil Feiler
Douglas Feith ***
Frank Gaffney
Gary Gambill
Roger Gerber
Leonard Getz
Richard Greenfield
Robert Guzzardi
George Haddad
Richard Hellmann
Irwin Hochberg
Fomer US Representative to the UN Jeane Kirkpatrick
Michael Ledeen
Matthew Levitt
Daniel Lubetzky
Habib C. Malik
Bruce McFarlane
Mark Michael
John Myhill
Naji Najjar
Mordechai Nisan
Muhammad Oueiny
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle
Daniel Pipes
Steven Plaut
Joseph Puder
Scott Rosenblum
Nina Rosenwald
Michael Rubin ***
Charles Sahyoun
Rep. Jim Saxton
Eric Silverman
Jamal (Jimmy) Sleiman
Don Starry
David Steinmann
Marc Suidan
Khalil Sweidy
James Tayoun
Jonathan Usher
Stanley Weiss
Paul Michael Wihbey
David Wurmser
*** Resigned upon entry to government service
The founding front man is Ziad Abdelnour:
Institutional Affiliations
Middle East Forum: Board of Governors
Highlights & Quotes Ziad Abdelnour, a Lebanese American devoted to the cause of driving Syria from Lebanon, has been involved in a number of neocon-led initiatives on Middle East politics.
Abdelnour co-produced, with Daniel Pipes and the Middle East Forum, a 2000 report calling for the United States to force Syria from Lebanon and to disarm it of its alleged weapons of mass destruction. The document, titled "Ending Syria's Occupation of Lebanon: The U.S. Role?" argued that "Syrian rule in Lebanon stands in direct opposition to American ideals" and criticized the United States for engaging rather than confronting the regime. Among the documents signers were several soon-to-be Bush administration figures, including Elliott Abrams, Douglas Feith, Michael Rubin, David Wurmser, and Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. Other signers included Richard Perle, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Michael Ledeen, and Frank Gaffney.
Former President of the Arab Bankers Association of North America and Publisher of the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. Son of Lebanese MP Khalil Abdelnour."